[LINK] Fwd: Census Config [Was: Personal comments on the eC

[Kim Holburn]

On 2006 Aug 03, at 4:56 PM, Roger Clarke wrote:
>> On 3/8/06 2:42 PM, "Roger Clarke" <Roger.Clarke at xamax.com.au> wrote:
>>>  Off-list, someone's told me IE may turn Java on even if it's  
>>> turned off.
>>>
>>>  Is that true??
>>>
>>>  If so, it's a further, and very substantial reason never ever to  
>>> use IE.
>>>
>>>  Is it true that:
>>>  (a)  MS is mucking around with your machine without your consent or
>>>        knowledge, and arguably over-riding your consent??  and
>>>  (b)  MS is providing the capability for every web-site provider to
>>>        do anything on your machine that Java intentionally or
>>>        unintentionally enables it to do, again without your  
>>> consent or
>>>        knowledge, and arguably over-riding your consent??

Probably but I don't know if that's anything to do with java.

> At 16:03 +1000 3/8/06, Stilgherrian wrote:
>> No, it's all WITH your consent.
> ...
>> :)
>
> Okay, ever the pedant, I'll keep going  (:-)}
>

I thought (and I don't use windows much so I'm not entirely sure that  
a standard install doesn't actually include java because Microsoft  
got in a snoot about it and you have to actually actively download  
it.  Maybe that's changed.


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